Hi Seek, Don't feel frustrated about it. My Paternal Grandfather, so far as I know, initially used in the USA, the name VIEIRA, then VERA. After he moved from New England to California, about 1919 he briefly used KING, and soon after he used the surname PERRY, until his death in 1968.
Researching this person has been an adventure for me and my cousin , to say the least! On Jun 15, 8:09 pm, seekg...@aol.com wrote: > My grandfather changed his name, too. He was born Jose Machado Soares. > Later, as an adult in the US, he changed his name to Joseph M. Sawyer. He > was naturalized as Sawyer, married my grandmother under the name of Sawyer. > Their first few children were born under the name of Sawyer. Then he > decided to change his name to Joseph Marshall. The last few children were > born > under Marshall, including my father. However, whenever he returned to the > islands he went back to using his original birth name of Jose Machado > Soares. > **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy > Steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322979x1201367215/aol?red... > eExcfooterNO62) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
